Clean the beef heart thoroughly, removing all nerves and fat. Cut into 1″ cubes, place in non-reactive bowl, refrigerate and set aside. Combine garlic, chiles, cumin, oregan, salt and pepper and 1 1/2 cups vinegar. Pour over meat. Add more vinegar, if necessary, to cover meat completely. Marinate, refrigerated, 12-24 hours. About 1 hour before grilling, remove meat from marinade and thread on skewers. Reserve marinade. Soak the crushed chile in 1/3 cup warm water for 30 minutes.
In processor, combine chiles and water with oil and salt. Add enough reserved marinade (3/4 cup) to make thick sauce, puree.
Brush skewered meat with sauce and grill over hot coals or under a broiler, turning and basting to cook quickly on all sides. Best cooked medium well, 4-6 minutes on the grill. Serve with remaining sauce for dipping.
Anticuchos Picantes
Ingredients
- 1 beef heart MARINADE
- 8 garlic cloves,pressed SAUCE
- 2 chiles,rocoto,stemmed, -seeded,minced SAUCE
- 2 T cumin,ground SAUCE
- 1/2 T oregano,dried SAUCE
- 1 salt,to taste SAUCE
- 1 pepper,black,to taste SAUCE
- 2 c vinegar,wine, red SAUCE
- 1/3 c chiles,dried, aji,crushed HEAT SCALE HOT
- 1 T oil,vegetable HEAT SCALE HOT
- 1 salt,to taste HEAT SCALE HOT